There’ve been mounting tensions between the US and North Korea for several months, and repeated US threats to carry out a unilateral attack on the nation. Some officials say it’s unsurprising that North Korea is taking the threats seriously and carrying out drills.

Some South Korean officials, however, say that the move is surprising, and that its nearly unprecedented for North Korea to conduct drills like this, as they give the appearance to the public of vulnerability to an external threat.

President Trump has threatened repeatedly to “totally destroy” North Korea, and Defense Secretary James Mattis is visiting South Korea this weekend talking up an “effective and overwhelming” military action against them.

It seems that the USA “dear leader”, whose attitude to US military personnel (not his generals) has recently been in the news, has no compunction about destroying the 28500 US troops in south Korea (close to the DPRK border) along with their families , when he carries out his threat and there is a response from “Rocket Man”.